Special needs cat with bent front legs

Kitten’s leg deformity doesn’t slow her down, and she thinks she’s a cheetah!

This special needs kitten couldn’t walk like other cats, since she had a deformity in her front legs. But that didn’t stop her from growing into a healthy, happy kitten who could move and play with no problem. Leg deformity When Tulip the kitten arrived at Pumpkin Patch Rescue, a special needs rescue and foster … Read more

Kitten with shaved stomach after surgery

This sick kitten miraculously recovered, like a phoenix rising from the ashes

This kitten was in poor shape when she arrived at the shelter. She was about to be euthanized, but people saw the potential in this kitten and decided to put in the hard work to save her. The kitten survived through her surgery and is doing much better now, like a phoenix rising from the … Read more

Tabby kitten lying on its paw

Foster kitten parent debates about decision to adopt kitten or not

This temporary foster kitten parent took in a kitten, but when it came time to make a decision about whether to adopt him or find him a different home, they weren’t sure. Helping Arnold This person took in a little kitten to help out a nearby shelter. The kitten was only 4 weeks old, and … Read more

White cat with one bad eye

Kitten with bad eyes rescued from the middle of a busy road

This kitten was literally rescued from the streets. Although he had bad eyes from an infection, he was able to heal in his foster home and learn how to live his best kitten life. Saved from the street A stray kitten was crossing the road and would have probably been hit by a car, but … Read more

Black and white kitten with long whiskers

This cat was whisker-shamed, but she’s so cute

This foster kitten mom is happy with her job, and she loves all the kittens she fosters. But sometimes the friends and family of cat lovers like her don’t quite understand their love for cats. Whisker-shaming The mom of this kitten fosterer ended up “whisker-shaming” one of the foster kittens. When the foster mom, Em, … Read more

Black cat with golden eyes

Cat who needed extra care for his health complications became a foster fail

Marv the cat turned one year old recently. Usually a foster cat would have left his foster home and been adopted into his forever home by now, but Marv was a special case: he was a foster fail. His foster mom, Ella, put a lot of effort into helping him become healthy, and she ended … Read more

Light colored kitten lying on its back

Tabitha became the emotional support kitten in her special needs foster home

For Mel, a foster animal mom at Pumpkin Patch Rescue, some foster animals require less work than others. Tabitha the kitten was one of these that was a natural at the foster home, a breath of fresh air for her foster mom. Tabitha was first brought to the foster home in late 2021. She was … Read more

Orange tabby kitten bottle feeding

Bottle baby kitten makes the cutest slurping sounds

Bop Bop was a foster kitten at Teeny Fosters along with his other siblings. He may have been the tiny runt of the litter, but he had an enormous personality. Bop Bop the bottle baby Bop Bop’s foster mom started posting about Bop Bop and his siblings on her Instagram at the beginning of August. … Read more

Orange tabby kitten relaxing on a person's lap

Clingy orange kitten is his foster mom’s favorite

Dannielle, an animal foster, had several litters of kittens to take care of. But Lennar was her favorite, and he knew it. Every time Dannielle would walk into the room where the foster kittens stayed, Lennar would come straight for her, ignoring everything else, and demand snuggles. When she called him out on his attention … Read more